Melatonin and its analogs potentiate the nifedipine-sensitive high-voltage-activated calcium current in the chick embryonic heart cells

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-21

  Mei, Y A ^a,b   Lee, P P N ^b   Wei, H ^a   Zhang, Z H ^a   Pang, S F ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2 iodo n butanol 5 methoxytryptamine; 2 iodomelatonin; Cardiac output; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART OUTPUT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DRUG SYNERGISM; MELATONIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIUM; NIFEDIPINE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN;

EID: 0035182690     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2001.300102.x     Document Type: Article

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